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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1864-05-10

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. '! V Ml,," I . ..i.'L.:. i ...,.. I J. 1 .1 I ...-...; i ' . .. iL 1'.' r ' "' . . ' 1 . I i .1 J . i , . .. .. . . , . m , . i iliii v , V tl- 1.1 I' .1 Mil ,UAU.I VOL. X. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 18a J. r '- ') ' Inn, 1 mt&t hrnon republican. , T E ft fa S: 1' . jForono year (invariably, in advanoe)$2,00 Tfor'Hi months,"' ' ' I ,fo TERMS OP ADVERTISING. One square, 8 weeks, i.oo iDiffcuMoJtimonthBj f" , 00 square, $ month) ii f - rr ri nn V ! 4.50 m sauara, J year, Li, i i.tV.. 8,00 Jue square (cnangcaDie mommy? ,iu,uu Changeable weekly, 15,00 Two squares, 8 weeks, 1,75 3,25 5,25 6,75 ,?r00 150 ,4.50 6,00 , 8,00 jfwwrnVe'Sj fl licekft, ff ;Two squares, 3 uiont I'lif, i'Twb'squures, C nioiithoj .Two squares, 1 year, k ? Threp.Huttrci, ? wcVi,, M "n , '(l'rn8tt-niin,e8, B A-eek,).. .' 1 Tlireo squares, 3 'moihl'.i, f Three squares, 6 lnonUis, . , .. fhrfln iwunres. l vear. "' ' 10,00 CiOiw-fonrtJicornmn, ehan. qusrtofly, 15.00 One-third " " " 22.00 One-half " iW One column, changeable' quarterly, 50,00 TiiEGIiiM ANf TJIE WIVi 8. . Soraobody bu written th following about 'tbe.KiiU, and sot it afliat 6d.th8 tea pf news-1 j'paperdoin- l i' ' HVti'J g0(j bU. t'hd girls,' " " ' Whose (;oldeo curls , Blend with our eviing dreams j Tboy liiiuut cur livps Iiike spirit wjvi'S, 'si r ai Oaiudi hadut tii stream." i Tliey pootho-.o'ur pains They (lii our bruins iJWIth, dreartbfiiuinmor hours; . . . God bless tbeir curls, ' ?OoJ blais osr hnnian flowers. 3 Tti wives, we thjok, am quite a (leservinj; !as the girls therefor the fglldylhg isre-':.:8peetru'llj-!submitle(l ) J ; ' ' ' y- v ' God bless lite wives; ' ' . O : ' WJKo'itlittreJJ 5-1 C U ;...;.. With .littlo beea anil honey: ; )!.v; 1 Tiie'dase life's shock's, . . , , ' But don't they speud the money. ! "When we are sick, ' 1 , -.it i'.i, , They bf-l us quick ' " Thiit is. if tlioy love us ! ., j. J f'Jf rot,Ve dio, ! " AnJ yet they cry, And place tombtouea above usi , ;i Of roguish girl?, . ; " j. With snnoV'curls," " '" We may iu funcy dream ! 1 1 -'But wivev-truo wiveS ,' ; Throughout our livos; Are everything they seem'. '' AKNT l'Ol! ASH.iUtU. " Mr?. B ;a Blifkins ('nay she ne'er 'grow iesp ) , Awoko ouo uight with nightmare, in distress; And.was wjtbiu the quiet of lier room :'Wuile from his'meersohauni poured a rich ' '' perfume . ,', Her Blitkius writing in a little book ; ' Excessive sharpnass made ker keenly look, Aud to hor Banja wonderintily said " What am yon writing ?"Blifkins raised his head, '' ( .....' .: , , And with asmile expressing more than words, i Replied, "ThODainoj of those who leve their ; ;':;iord3.";-'4;;;;;:. " : , .': ..; '", And is mine ono t" said she, " ne'er a show," 1 ' Theu with u Voice significantly low, .. . ; She said, ?' Take op your pfilcil now, my pet; ' And write me one who lovtiij to inaka 'eid , fret." :r,tio.v''' . . Bifkiunithu4 wrote, aud vanished in' the , t t.bightf " ;.i ' v ' :i '' r ' , J , ';But came in soon with a big camphene lighs, i 'Acd lo I among; the Dames, a fret confest, JfrS',1? Bllfkius name led, all the rest, . . s'j&tottd ""5t''L iM THE PATRIOT ASSASSIN: THR LTXflicRTVft HFE MrsEqKssii,; , ;, i. ',. . " ''. ..11 11 1,1 1 1; ;i 1";'.' ' . . ,'i ' BY W. O. EATON. . 1 'i ;i! 1 . 1 ." i-,l;I i I fThe 1 ooiltllorn 1 .town of Viperspswn j bears pne , of tlldsb phartvcterlstically unci' bonth v tanles 111 ( hiclv otir' Southern ' WighbrajeeuX pat-'tlctilarly to delipht, hotwithstandidg their straining after, the romantio.H iTHS bime,1' viewed in relation tb'the irigrati'tdile of the disjoyal inhabi- - iants, is ijeliitcfus '.though the secession- ; h istSj wVile tUy. Havo; exhibited, all tiib , i. venom of the Btr'p'ent, hare dnjoed a! ,i'aMqus,': reputatidd ,'ilmoog superficial thinker 11 '"' a ' -j :i '" "'1 "''' - - The people of that te'gidn are , he ; ' nightei .Wdlo'ksi'lrintiDg, loud- ; .imo'iitUe 'But; jok'e-lovin'sViinrl lit .ores- '.' tares: ;Wben the Poliricanl' Wif, broke . t but, many of them antend.tih tfaitoK leghs'frorft 1oy,8i?i iietit'e's inything elsew .i -?it ( . m jiii J i-'l - , -I 'oi', I'.i oi: ui"li; .They thought it would be fiaa fan id . play ioldifif '.anj loVattTeMiavo a jittle' trouble iri 'dofo'atinj Yankees as if thef were so many? Mexicans ruarohing . od, jAfsHNycryAo:tyVM expe'ri-, enoinR theiidqualI8eol 'plfl&snres of ;on bontifaous military spree, till (he war wM dotfe- add they lhonlrJtnrn tiome, po: bred with gldfy'sKd loaded witll plunder for ignorance K,eor sclf-ponoeiiod. ' Alalst'foAhosI '6f tiieiii whd live, : iitteriy rue that Quixotio thteirpHse from TiioH.they ajr pre?Btq(!, fjjfce.ehalne; ; Their sickoning 'experience in camps, and thejr bloody familiarity with stubborn focuicn, in hotly-contested Adda and forts, have prioked tho bladder of Jeff. Davie's once-supposed infallibility; and. they have learned that a ehaWlces repudiator can easily be transformed into au unsoruplous tyrant. 'I ' ' ' ' . : Though the instincts of their former patriotjm (if they ever had any) may be forover dead, they have animal instinct enough to couvin'ce them that they are led aud ruled by liars men who tj them "k'eop the word of promise to tho car, but bVcak it to the hope; we have sworn, by tfiV 'exhaustfcssT riches" . of the South, tnjt ihey should bo cared for; nnd yot, who, passing on from deceit to deceit, and from broken promise to promise, still keeii item the ill-f'qd,' ill-clad, dis's'ased, and a'ruuken slaves of a confederacy of poli tical swindlers; despots, vrho artfully ap. feo to their ''manliness" to remain in Ihoir ignominious harness, and yet who treat them iu such a manner as to crush every "nmuly" attribute whieh they shull chance to retain. Notlongago, the pcoplcof Vipcrspawn werp set upon the qui vice by tho rumor that thero were se venl Northern spies in the town, emissaries from Washington, who had come t1) test the feelings of the community in regard 16 the Stars and Stripes; to make what proselytes thy coald, in a cautious way, if necessary; and to convey information in regard to the military condition, position, aud re sources of the vicinity. ( This caused a grentseoVition. One of tho prominent advocates of treason in Viperspawdwas a wealthy but Unpopular citizen a man of some fifty years old ond Watkins Butt. Mi.. .Butt was a native of the State; oil until a few years he had not arrived at the dignity of being a sluvelioldor. Most of liis. ufe liild been passod in humble circumitaneeS; " kt chanco had finally favored him 66 far to make him the Ad ministratdr d'f the estate cf a planter, by the natne ofAhasuerus Hosstater, win having be'eomo" a hopersss lunatic, had been placed1 in an iusaneasylum; previous to. whichhowavqr, the entire control, of bis property he was supposed to have del egated to Butt..' ' " Whether it had been lawfully so arranged, wis a question aiuoog the people of Vipersyawn; but it was riot a question with them that Butt was a grasping, selfish, unscrupulous man, and that the three little children of the demented ex planter the oldest but twelve years of age were now deprived of their hereditary rights; and, exiled from their former homo,' were living in indigence in a neighboring town their humble being scantily' paid for by Butt. . Butt's title, though quest! ori, hid not been submitted to legal test, tnough he had exhibited docdinentSjSigned by Hoss-tater, to prove it. Still, as it was the common conviction that he had triken ad-, vantago of the unsettled mind of the former owner, lie was regarded with odi um. Ihis odium be was solicitous to re-move) particularly as he was auibitdus of litical preferment. . " But against his hope stood the addi tional facts that he was a person of liiuU ted intelligence, unsocial manners, and a gloomy, silspicious riaturcj which made his company disacrbeable to everybody. iSone cared to advance the interests of a being wno labored-under the roputntion of beiug a compound of knave and fool; to that derision' and dislike attended the foot steps, notwitstanding the amount of wealth which he boasted he "could swing." When the rumor of spies came, he made a desporate effort for popular favor, and was the most boisterous of all theboister-bns orators at an excited gathering. of the p'dpulace, who consulted as to whot was the best tc be done t detect cnl punish the spiel. "' i , "Why, horses!" cried lie after having shouted himself hoarse, in Uncouth efforts to prove that lie Was "with tHem in this aggreyious martcr," '-wot el's should we do but wade wist-deep in ollr precious blood, till we find 'emout, and then, (wav- ug a bowie with a savage grin) "out 'cut off the foot of creation?'!' Yell's of ironical applause greater his every sentence; for ,11 undorstoqd his motives' find character. ' "; 'Jlipe ''bin open! as we wdhld if thpy was our own fdther'or mother!" ' f'-: "Yah, yah!" laughed the dafkeys. ' "Excoriate1 'aHd' extravafa nerrcwlin wlli-cats. from .the boozim' pf society. Whang 'em with whips; choke1 'em with tfattje -snakes; unjint 'em head frdm body; discrimfnato 'em Into small pieces; and, In the wdtds of Holy Wrldj leavk' hot one stone upoff anotherer!' '' 1 - Hurrah! Go it, old Buttl That's talkin!" . '".. "Show me i spy!" he screamcdj ihd if the 'sacred, fofm of 'Jeff. l)avis himself stood afi ,th' wifyr ahd said 'Spafe: (be morisfer! I'd ,bI6'w ',him through:' and 'bowel hM Out, " jfitb! horrid expedition, fotwagooa of tHi Cobfedmcy; Yes,, I'ullowoitizoiiH, I sequestrate myself for the publio welfare; and ready for tho sacrifice.- Do I represent your agitated fCblings on thatccaesion?'" ' ', As thCy were all perfectly willing thut he slioulJ sacrifice himself in any way, they ronred an nflirmative answer, and, as lie stepped down among them, lauded hinVas a, ttuo scccshcr, aii'i exprosning hops .that 'ho Jnight live to gd to the Confederacy Congress," crowded around hiVn, aud nearly ' squeezed him to' death. "We didn't think you had eo much snap in you," they protested, with tly winks . , "' 1 .. j ' ,' "Yon'U be at the licad of a regiweni yet!' " 1 " " - '- , "Head of the nation, perhaps! Who Jr.DOWS?" "No? Did I talk well, though, boys?" he asked, ' proudly and ; deflghtedly. "Well, I hiked just as. I folt. I felt, now, as if I'd like to kill two or three pies, just to.coVs'nicnco my aim!" "Hero, Mr. Butt!" The man who hailed him took' him confidentially aside, mid pointing acrofs the street,' assured him that a stranger whom he there sa'w wulkiug Hlone. with a felt hat upon a !ong-liaire 1 h'cAil, had already beeVi ''spolto" as a distinguish'ei Northern fpy, whose death had been resolved upon; unu that whoevor shou'd first shoot him would bo Bure of ultimate promotion at the hinds of Jeff. Davis. "But you arc cock-fre he's a spy?" "No doubt on it. He has been heard whistling 'Yankee Doodlo.' " "You don't say so?'1 "And won't' fay where he belongs to, nor what his business U, out here. He is, in short, no other than the (famous nigger-stealiDg person, Jewob Kodulgin though he thinks he a'ti't known." ."Is that a faot?" exclaimed Butt, eye ing the man keenly, aS he sauntered along. "Is lio Jewob Godulkiu? I've of.eu hcerd of hitn. And is thU the sinner? Is he the old cuss, Jawob Kedawlpin?, Well, confound his celebrated pictur' ! I thou'l it was hitn, for I've heerd him deucribed afore. That old devil must die., Dou't you Opinion so?" ... , "I know it. And say whisper! You are the man to kill him, and make your self a perfect hurriance of friends Do you iihdei'stnhd? Get colebratcd." ; "Y-fe-c-s;" replied Butt, cautiously; "but you Bed I" ' "I told you of it, be'caus'e t wihtSd to do yoil a favor, by puttiiig the game Into your hands. You're just the man for it, and would rise on the s'rensth of :t. Killing, a big gnu like that would make you a Conl'edcriit'd Senator; dtl'eiut think ings." "Jewob Ko " "Dalgiu. One of the most enormous abolisherners." ' Oh. I know." continued Butt' uneasi ly, arid trembling at the task which, by his speecli; ho had iu a manner imposed upon himself. , "There's a pistol," said the man, sud denly thrusting the weapon into his band. "Put it to him, now, iri broad day: It'll look manly.!' , : 'But you dou't think I might be hun"?" "Oh.no." "In the present excited statn of the public mind, it will be considered a virtue. Tho worst would only be the farce of imprisonment, for a day or so, a quick trial, aud a triumphant acquittal. Aud tllii best of it would be, you would be immortalized as ouo of the paviors of the South, nnd rise to sudden fame and power. -But tho most probable result, at first," continued the man, seeing that he lookerJ blank at the thought of a jail, "would be instant and universal sanction of ihe act no trial and no' jail.". ,. Biltt waS excited. Popularity loomed up bbfore hiin. The crowd whd had ap-plaiided his ferooious speech had not yet dispersed. Their eyes were even now uon him. His scruples were fast vanishing.' -; ;; ''':, ' , .. ''See! . He is turning and cpming this way. , ..Now or never. . . Fire,- Mr. JJutt, aJd be immortal." , , , .' . , . "I'll do it," he now muttered, with tie sporato resolve. 'It's resky. biit I'll do it, mind you, to save my countri" the" man approached within ten feet 'of kirn, when baigl bang! he fell headlong to the groiind; and Watkins Butt appalled and paralyzed at his own . enormity, Qropped the, oiaVdcrous weapon, and stotjd pale amid tho now uproarious mob. i. ..... In Another momeht, to his surprise and inireared horrofj fie was 'rudely seized, with, ', terrifiq iiupfeciatic'bs, and half a doz'6n ierculean I'cUows hastily dragged him off to jail, pay ing no m'oFo regard to his tody and bonee than if they wefe not "patflots,'' like himself. ' ' 1to'e to the man in ail who b'al made no ffititids while outof ft! . u ' ' :-' ! , A!a' for the patriot assassin! Ala's, for Watkiris;.. Butt! He was( permitted! a sericl no communication to anybody out-tide' his eell. Bread and water were his daily ' fare. Remorse and mortal ' fear wers his' cons'ta'trt coiopariion'." DoYirig the firtit week . af his imprisonment, of those who came (0 take, a look at him, the majority reproached him for his atrocity, whilo a 'few gnvo him a faint encouragement by saying that if ho was lucky, be might only be imprisoned for life, ,till he was told that he would have . 1 .1 ' . ample tune to prepare, even for mutant doath after tridl, as that could ' not take place for full sii months. . ; . , Tho prisoner's , explanation's were slicered at; He was told to address himself to God, and not offend "his' Creator by persistant falsehoods, , . ! He grew thin and desponding.-Writing materials were; in time; iilWed him, together with nn abnridint supp'y of liquor, the latter dddiug greatly to the keenness of is terror, and remorse. His piind, naturally weak, began to wander. His dreams were terrific; and one night when he awoko. ho jaw standing before him, in whi'e garments stained with blood, the very gastly imago of his victim tho murdered spy, Jewob Kodulgin, pointing, like ''Banquo1" to his wound;. He screamed,. The 'jailor rushed in, with swoo'rd tnd pikol laying about him blows, ttiick, fast, and furious; upon the appartion with the one and firing sever al shots from the other. But theBpeotral intruder -miled unharniod; and tho jail or with a cry of dismay, fled not, how ever, forgetting to bolt the door again. Butt his nerves weak froui bopious lib ations, was now the more convinced that this was, indeed the spirit of his victim Even the moonbeams seemed to tremble as thev entered the eratod window. "Mark me," said the ghost, And Butt marked jhiui, aud now noticed that his nignt-'cap was niado out of a star-spangled baun'ci'i while, the night beibg chill, and he havitig an evident cold in h;s head the ghost drew from his side a scceshflm and wiped his nose with.it.;- - , e . i'What excuse, what hope hast thou?" "I shot you for the jineral good, and hope to be acquitted," faltered Butt. liaa r.o partiokl'er hard feeliu's agin you.' ,"'i'lat will no't save yon from the gallows.,' replied the scpulchrnl voice. "Wjonger F Ahasusrus ' Hesctater and his little ones! tlie'piiblic detest you, and will rejoice to se, you sWing.' I warn you to restore their father's property. J hat may avail you much. I cottle from my bloody grave to deniaad this of yoti; lo it. Confess in writing that yon ob UihM your power and property by fraud Yield all. ThMmay yet save you from the bangmari. About it, at once. Th coiiIcmsiod: fccratch away, Watkins Butt or, if yod dd live, I'll haunt ydi forever. Time!", . , .: "And eternity! thought the bewilder. ed prisoner, us he trembling seized paper ink and pen, and scrawled out the docu nient demanded by his Supernatural vis lor. . . ' '! "There!" , lhe ghost seized the paper, and as Sf by magic the cellsdoor' seemed to unbar and open itself, and ' the unhappy man was, in an instant, lelieved of the pres. enbe of that awful shade. v ; Whether Buttfuiuted or fell asleep he knew not. When he recovered his Betimes, it was morning; and when" the jallnian came and listened to his ptory.th fellow poohed at it, and insisted that h had been dreaming, or had had the hor rors from drinkin too much poor liqtioh "Perhaps so," sighed Butt. At noon he was aroused from a gloomy reverie, and startled, by the almost in- credible tidings that he was "free to go." "Where? . Home, or to trial?" "To the devil, it you liko. Get out df this!" .7-"'1.. . '.' , lie needed no second invitation. Forth hurried Watkins Butt,light-headed, light-hearted, and light-footed. As lie' sped on his way homeward, a hooting crowd followed at his heels. , ''They are cheering me," thought , be. "1 shall rise. . - But I can't make a speeoh till I get one good dinner, ac least, Then hey for promotion!" : ' ' He arrived in front of "his" home,but he was1 there confronted by the . three yodng1 Ilosst&ters, who had that day been put id possession of th premises; by (tho living' form of lhe man whom he had shot vrith an (inshotted pistol; by the conspirator who had told him to shoot; and worse than all, by the wiitten confession extorted from him1 by the' ghost. ' ' ' Tlib godless mob, slaves and U, mado the wUkiq shout and laugh at his discomfiture." His game was tip.'. On th mor row; be left Yiperspawn,to return no more. ' tf-f pennants slibw apples to be equal to potatoes to impfovi) cows, and deoid-edljr pref'erfable for feeding ca'ttle:; 1: ' ' ' A bare tiasture enriches riot the soil nor fatten the suimals, nor inereases the weifltbof the owner. ' ' Che animal well fed is of iriore value thttn two poorly kept. ' ': ' : ' ' ' Ground once well plowed is better than- thrice poorly. t , , ,.. . : . Bountiful, crops are more p'rotfiable than poor ones. Make thi soil rich; cul- rerize it well, and kep it clean, and it generally will bj pfoduetfv. ' , From tlia Now York Utreur.) ' t ' JESSIE. ' BTlOBRiUK. '1 ' Oat wber the glowing snolignt , Is gilding her wavy hsir, With light-brown tresses flowing;, ' ' "". Freeis the mountuimir ; ! ', v With bias eyes gently beaming,'-" ' 'And love in evry glauce, Tnjle early morning dreaming, 'Stands ' Jessie of the Muuse." ' , On the garden gate Is resting . , One little taper banV .;",,, ' And a diamond bright is flashing , , , ' Within its golden-band. ' " The uiaideo's eyes are fastened , On the glittering trifle bright, While a dewy mist is gatlieriug;, And softening their light .Last eve, when night was dropping Her dusky mantle down, ' 'And tiny stars were sparkling , Within her sable crowu . When the silver moon was mirrored Upon the glossy lake, He gave this ring, and whispered : " Love, wear it for my sake." " Now he's gone, the noble captain', , , And I ne'er may pee him mere, Though 1 pray kind heaven to gia'rd him Aud shield him in the war'. fatill my heart be in his keeping . No other love 'twill know ; And this token that be left ihe, I will never let it go." HAtllLTO.N, C. W. Ml WIFE AND I As my wife api I, at the window one day, Stood watchiug a man with a monkey, A cart came by, with a "broth of a hay," Who as 'driving a stout little donkey. " To my wife I then spoke, by way of a joke, " There's a relatiou of yours , in that csr- Hge." ' To which she replied, as the donkey she spied, " An I yesi a relation bt jusruoi 1", What loungPeoiJlie Shonld Know. The best inheritance thai parents can give their children is the ability to help take care of themselves. ' Th'is is better than a hundred thousand dollars a piece. In any troublb or difficulty, thev will hare two servants' ready, in the shape of T anas' lnose wno eai "0 noth irig ond Live to b waited on, are help, less and easily disuearteiied at tho misfortunes of life. Those wild fire active and handy to meet troubles with cheerful face, and soon surmount them.. E'et young people, therefore, learn to doss many useful things as possible. Every boy should know how. sooner or later'. 1. To 'dress himself. bhA nia nvn b'dots, cut Ills brothers hair, wind his watch, bow on a button, make a'.bed; and kcS tli'e blottids ill porfdot ofrier. ! t. To htrness a horse, grease a wa'&d'n and drive a team. - 3. To carve and wait on table. 4. To milk the cows, to shear the sheep and dress a veal or mutton. ' 5. To reckon money and keep accouts correctly, and ' according to good book Wepibg rules. : , , j 6. To write a neat appropriate, briefly expressed business letter, in a good band and to fold aud subscribe it properly, and wtite codtracts. ... . 7. To plow, sow grain and grass, drive mowing hiaohine, swing a sytho, build i neat stack and pitch hay. 8. o put up a package, build I fire. whitewash a wall, mend broken tdbls,and regulate a clock. , ' ' Every girl should know howi ' . 1. To sew aud knit. ' 2. To mend clothes neatly. 3. To make the beds. 4. To dress her own hair: u. iu waa aisnes ana sween car- Jjets.; . . , . - ' 6. To trim lamps: 7. To make good bread iri'ii perform all plain cooking. ' 8. . To keep her rooms, closets and drawers in order. 9. To work a swlng m'adhlne. 10. To mike good butter dnd cheese. 1 . 11. To niaka a dress in'it nhiUrnna ;1bthes.' . ' . ; 12. To keep accounts and calculate interest., 13. To write ' fold and iupersoribe letters property.. ' . ' ',. . ' 14. To nurse th siok effjoiently, and n'ol faint at the sight of a! drop of blood. 15. To be ready to render efficient aid and Comfort to those in j trouble in unostentatious way. , ... ! 1&. To receive and entertain visitors when her mother is sick or absent. ! A yo'ing lady who ea'n do all things well; and who is always resdy to ronder aid to tfie afflicted, and to mitigate the perplexities of thus abont hor, will bring more comfort to others, n'd happN ness' to herself, and be more steemed, than it th only knew how to dance, im'pef , linf and plsy oa th piano.' 5T! tllVl 114 till LOU ANO LXCn VtlU fot many days iuce, a gentlemsn,who iobt a bet witfi a lady, and who had beard her say that kha bad lost a .lace veil, which she bad prised much.thought ho would pay his debt and "do the polite thing," by purchasing a new veil of fins quklity and presenting It to tho fuircred-itor. , , . , . It must be stated, for a proper understanding of what followed, that the gen, tleinan was a bachelor of long standing; aud a man of little information touching the world of "fancy goods," though a proficient in sugar cotton aud provision speculations' ''''7 ''""' ' . ' " lie accordingly stepped into a fashionable milliner's'establisment, and asked to see a lace veil of fine quality. "Here is one,monsieur," said the a'raia, ble priestess at the head of the temple. "How much is it?" , "It is ono fiftee, sair," "What! only fifty? Dear me! I thought these things were exceedingly dear. It that's all they cost, 1 don't wouder,atthe ladies beiug fnd of wearing such flimsy knickuaoks. Only fifty? Dear met Show me something better." The priestess started; the bachelor re mained perfectly cool. Here was a god-, send! a man who wanted something bettordearer. More, veils lace ones were displayed. ' ' "Die one is sixtoe, sair; and dts one is seventeefive." . , "Dear me! only seventy-five? Well that is wonderful, to bo sure. It's a very pritty article, I see; but can't jou -show me something better?' 'No, sair; dia is the most dear dt yht clur articld iri da citce." "You dou't say lot Well, well,' who who would have thought it? These wo-mon! they we-e always a mystery, ever since the days of Adam. ' Give me the ctieiige for a dollar, in quarters." . Thd milliner did so. ' i "I'll take "this one," said the simple- minded bachelor, folding up the seventy- live veil. "Irive me a quarter and keep tho scveiity-flve for yourself. . Dear me! how eheap! tVho would have thought 1 no see ae gcventse-nve, c. tave no band dem to me," said the as IT. tonished milliner "1 beg your pardon, ma'ani," said the bachelor, amiably and smilingly; "there they are on the counter," pointing to three quarters. . . ' "Dis!" exclaimed the milliner, with an astonished look. "Thatj" eaid the bachelor, more s'mile-ihgljr than -ever, preparing to put the veil in his pocket. "A mon, Dieu! de man fouorack-a-brain! I tell you, monsieur; dat ar(tce de most dear in the citee! You understand de InglishI De most dear, I tell you seventee-five dollars." ! '.'.' '' "What!" said the bachelor, turning raljieif pale, and dropping the veil as if it had suddenly turned to a coal of fire in his hands; "scyentyfive dollars!' "Yes, sair, and very sheep at dat!" ; "Seventy-five dollars for that infernal cobweb! I thought you meant seventy five cents! " 1 ' . If ever a bachelor Walked fast that bachelor did. He goes aroiiiid tiow, in a stew of indignation, relating his adventure, and winding up tVa story with the words: "Yes, sir! tho female Frenchman actually asked me seventy-five dollars for the short e rid or an infernal cobweb." An experienced bachelor going into a fancy milliner's store is pretty much like an innocent fly venturing into a spider's nest that's a fict. 1 ' , hints to rARrinas.' Toads are the best protection1 of cab bage against lice. . . Plants, when drooping, are revived by a few grains of camphor. ' Peart ar generally improved by graft ing on the mountain ash. . Sulphur is , valuabla . in preserving grapes from insects. , . ' . ' Lard cevdf spoils id hot weather; if it is" cooked iu lining it out, ' '' ' "' ' In feeding with corn, sixty pounds ground goes as far as one hundred pounds in the kefnal. : . . ! . t Corniaeal should never be gTOund very fine. It in'ju'tes the richncsss of it. . '' Turnips of saiall size ha e double he n'uturiou's matter that larg ones hate.' - , Ruta Nsiga is the only root that in uroMW 111 umruious qualities as It 1 creases inj site. ,' ; ' ' ' ' ; - ; sweet olive oil is a eertairi, cure for the bite of a rattle nake. Apj)iy it.inter-nt'ly and externally. ; f ; ' Itati and other vermin are kept away irom grain by a (priuElitig 6f garlii waen packing the sheaves. 1 ' ,! 1 '" . Money expended in drying land by draining and othorwL-e will' be returned with ample interest; .'' ' " " ' .;' To cure scratches on a horso wssh the lees with soaosuds. and th?n with brin: Twoapplioations will oure in tha wofn't Ca'ies. ,, -i . ., . -.. ',, . .. ,. ... ." Timber out in th npmst and exposed to the weathar with the bark on, decays uun B'rooer iota 11 CUl in ln tali. "Cljilircn's ' Column. '' ' ' From'th Amerleaa lloUmj jor. ' Soiaimof CeUjsbtsrj." , Aftr the battle of GoUyabHrg, ifwaa my privifege toafforoj Christian counsel ano consolation to the wounded and .dying Never shall I forget the1 scenes bf 'hror which I witnessed. Med wpundeJ, maim-ed, dying, and were deed, jfera laying' in every direction, hil tl prierpf auWish extorted from stalwart nufferen old tliein: tousity of their puiD.' ' " A wounded sol'dicr, Johfl uli.',' W fa- tally injured .Hehad been wild and gid-dy. and entered (ho army as a kind of fcol-10. He had pasd tbrim..li .ties uninjured and this WM iti first tima ue uau ueen iaia anue smee lie eutered the service. Fully ponscious of hi danger his thoughts' were turned upod hi past life, while agitated add distressed; &e cried mteously for relief. t.wos. not sot much' tor his body that be ivas anxious; he was in deep soul trouble. 1 Darkness, the darkness ot the grave, was closing its chsdow around him. No rav ot liuh't The thuiitftf of death alarmed h,jm, jetth certainty was before bira: , He wat unpre parea lor it. When Tapproached himi and began to speak of Jesus, he ia,id, "Oh sir, I am lost,! am, lost, there is no mercy lor me; my day of grace ii gone. ' I do-spiso the. counsels of godly father, and set at naught the entreaties of my poor mother; it is too late now; too late " f I to d him of Christ's willingness to receive all who come to him, and spokb'ofbrecious promises of graco, but all wa of co avail: lie passed ltto a siata nP ,ii;,.;,.m t . I I m . i' wvuimiH 1AIUUI ... - iia uo iivea. iin - , . . -i rested upon his countenan. .n wu voice full of assurance and hope he told me or his joys and prospeots. I have of ten thanked my heavenly. Father that bs led my feet to the Spot Where this d'earse vant lay, .He said, I'lc n,ay seeni strange to you to m m here m cpntented, and happy; but I have been a Ch ristian sixteen years, and a Sabbath-school teaches four. teen. I have no fear. When I laid y. self upon the altar of my country, Itonut. ted the tost. An experience like this was a part of ihy estimate, and I ' am box dis-appointed., 1 caD say, The Lord's will ba i. 7 , aie tru?(' 1 m Prepared, for niy whoje dependence.is oJeus Christ! 1 lease rite to my aged parents, and tell them I am happy in th Lord-to my wife and children, and tcll them to' meet me''in-beavea.'L Here indeed was faith trintoph-ant, and I gave thanks to God . for his goodness to his child by my side., W parted, to meet, I bolieve, in glory. J M The child of grace is prepare for any emergency. - i He can lie down' arid dia amid the battle' din; the hospital' com-parative quiet, or the loyed ones at home, for nothing shall "seaarat him from tha V; . .. a iu unrist. jesus ouf Lord. .)- . - i i j 3. t. 'nit . ' i Fron th AaarioaaVoMatigtrl .... ; TUfc Slain Pct; f ' : i ' i i . ',..,; " ' Several years ago, an English genflemaU was traveling on horseback, acoompaoied by his faithful dog." Stopping at noon to rest and refresh himself, he fell asleep un ' dor the shade of a sheltoring treb,t Sad dculy starting froni h.s hpfc, mount-ted his steed and rode away, , Soon after his dog came lo hi side, and making th . wildest signs of distress, alarmed his mas-tcr rfith the terrible, few of hydrophobia. He drew his pisto!,aod pierced thefivoril animal with a bullet. . The pel disappeared, and at the same moment he discovered that he had left his portmanteau. Return-' ingto the tree under, whose foliag h slept, he found t'lie devoted watcher lying in his blood on the saddle-bags, and in death giving token of his satisfaction that the lost proportv waa fa'nnA - W l.n.- could express the.regret and self-reproach of tho man. A shadow haunted hi path tho rest of bis life in th memory of that aiiene. . '- '" " ' How will il bo whet parentwiose im. piety has rdined their cherished offspring whose love has inflicted the wound of tha second death upon the ou'j, ei,ttha bar of God? Snt mnu tUil .i,':.. v' the rejecters of Jesu "Hal look on him. whom theo pierced," and "wail beoause of him,'.' what must be the nrisounded depth of remorseful . anguish and th "blaak t ness of darkness" the deed will, cant over the eternal pathway, if a mere incident among the "things seen and temporal" so wound and ' overshadow the sensitive: heart? " , .... Men u,k, tb nature of perdition as ( any thing could add to the agony of tha't reniorsewhich l sinner's, tfiatme'nt of th Orucified Lamb of God ; will inflict at last; ' a if material fire's were more terrible than suota' internal eleriients of sufferinr '' ' " -' t.ih:' - i,uj bii in. nuna Table Man ncri"1 To1 meet at the break fajf! table,' fathef; ffldthcr, ch'i(Jren,' all ooSh't, to be a bap-piness to any heart; it should be a sourc of humbl gratitude, and should wake pp' the warmest feelings of ur nature. Sham upon the contemptible and low-bred cur, whether parent or child,' that never com to the.break-table where all tti family have met in health, only to frown, nd wnine, nu ktow!, nd fret: it is nr ma' facie evidcuce of a mean, and erovelins and selfish,' and'degraded n itiire nhenci soever- th churl ni j hve sprung. ' It ton CAJINOT be hiinrv fn ' nniii uu ttm anotner; and ttni tooilifyoft-g-pC-ition wants but little svl from phiW fhy, for' health and good h ;Hrur are 1 . . .' :. J mist tne wtolo aflair.. Many run after felicity, like ad al snrt v'n 1. acr his bat. whll it u in Lis 1 ' hi head. Sharp.- . r cu trt ti II A V Ritn 1 f ,.,.ouob neaieo, and far from nis kindred he sleep.'. '; ... j James jV e wa Jyiog irj the earn? teut. As I approached hi ft) Iv.al .mil. ,.eO-.Th Whi'tyd.i'j-!: sad pjij ths bo!i,9. p ;

. '! V Ml,," I . ..i.'L.:. i ...,.. I J. 1 .1 I ...-...; i ' . .. iL 1'.' r ' "' . . ' 1 . I i .1 J . i , . .. .. . . , . m , . i iliii v , V tl- 1.1 I' .1 Mil ,UAU.I VOL. X. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 18a J. r '- ') ' Inn, 1 mt&t hrnon republican. , T E ft fa S: 1' . jForono year (invariably, in advanoe)$2,00 Tfor'Hi months,"' ' ' I ,fo TERMS OP ADVERTISING. One square, 8 weeks, i.oo iDiffcuMoJtimonthBj f" , 00 square, $ month) ii f - rr ri nn V ! 4.50 m sauara, J year, Li, i i.tV.. 8,00 Jue square (cnangcaDie mommy? ,iu,uu Changeable weekly, 15,00 Two squares, 8 weeks, 1,75 3,25 5,25 6,75 ,?r00 150 ,4.50 6,00 , 8,00 jfwwrnVe'Sj fl licekft, ff ;Two squares, 3 uiont I'lif, i'Twb'squures, C nioiithoj .Two squares, 1 year, k ? Threp.Huttrci, ? wcVi,, M "n , '(l'rn8tt-niin,e8, B A-eek,).. .' 1 Tlireo squares, 3 'moihl'.i, f Three squares, 6 lnonUis, . , .. fhrfln iwunres. l vear. "' ' 10,00 CiOiw-fonrtJicornmn, ehan. qusrtofly, 15.00 One-third " " " 22.00 One-half " iW One column, changeable' quarterly, 50,00 TiiEGIiiM ANf TJIE WIVi 8. . Soraobody bu written th following about 'tbe.KiiU, and sot it afliat 6d.th8 tea pf news-1 j'paperdoin- l i' ' HVti'J g0(j bU. t'hd girls,' " " ' Whose (;oldeo curls , Blend with our eviing dreams j Tboy liiiuut cur livps Iiike spirit wjvi'S, 'si r ai Oaiudi hadut tii stream." i Tliey pootho-.o'ur pains They (lii our bruins iJWIth, dreartbfiiuinmor hours; . . . God bless tbeir curls, ' ?OoJ blais osr hnnian flowers. 3 Tti wives, we thjok, am quite a (leservinj; !as the girls therefor the fglldylhg isre-':.:8peetru'llj-!submitle(l ) J ; ' ' ' y- v ' God bless lite wives; ' ' . O : ' WJKo'itlittreJJ 5-1 C U ;...;.. With .littlo beea anil honey: ; )!.v; 1 Tiie'dase life's shock's, . . , , ' But don't they speud the money. ! "When we are sick, ' 1 , -.it i'.i, , They bf-l us quick ' " Thiit is. if tlioy love us ! ., j. J f'Jf rot,Ve dio, ! " AnJ yet they cry, And place tombtouea above usi , ;i Of roguish girl?, . ; " j. With snnoV'curls," " '" We may iu funcy dream ! 1 1 -'But wivev-truo wiveS ,' ; Throughout our livos; Are everything they seem'. '' AKNT l'Ol! ASH.iUtU. " Mr?. B ;a Blifkins ('nay she ne'er 'grow iesp ) , Awoko ouo uight with nightmare, in distress; And.was wjtbiu the quiet of lier room :'Wuile from his'meersohauni poured a rich ' '' perfume . ,', Her Blitkius writing in a little book ; ' Excessive sharpnass made ker keenly look, Aud to hor Banja wonderintily said " What am yon writing ?"Blifkins raised his head, '' ( .....' .: , , And with asmile expressing more than words, i Replied, "ThODainoj of those who leve their ; ;':;iord3.";-'4;;;;;:. " : , .': ..; '", And is mine ono t" said she, " ne'er a show," 1 ' Theu with u Voice significantly low, .. . ; She said, ?' Take op your pfilcil now, my pet; ' And write me one who lovtiij to inaka 'eid , fret." :r,tio.v''' . . Bifkiunithu4 wrote, aud vanished in' the , t t.bightf " ;.i ' v ' :i '' r ' , J , ';But came in soon with a big camphene lighs, i 'Acd lo I among; the Dames, a fret confest, JfrS',1? Bllfkius name led, all the rest, . . s'j&tottd ""5t''L iM THE PATRIOT ASSASSIN: THR LTXflicRTVft HFE MrsEqKssii,; , ;, i. ',. . " ''. ..11 11 1,1 1 1; ;i 1";'.' ' . . ,'i ' BY W. O. EATON. . 1 'i ;i! 1 . 1 ." i-,l;I i I fThe 1 ooiltllorn 1 .town of Viperspswn j bears pne , of tlldsb phartvcterlstically unci' bonth v tanles 111 ( hiclv otir' Southern ' WighbrajeeuX pat-'tlctilarly to delipht, hotwithstandidg their straining after, the romantio.H iTHS bime,1' viewed in relation tb'the irigrati'tdile of the disjoyal inhabi- - iants, is ijeliitcfus '.though the secession- ; h istSj wVile tUy. Havo; exhibited, all tiib , i. venom of the Btr'p'ent, hare dnjoed a! ,i'aMqus,': reputatidd ,'ilmoog superficial thinker 11 '"' a ' -j :i '" "'1 "''' - - The people of that te'gidn are , he ; ' nightei .Wdlo'ksi'lrintiDg, loud- ; .imo'iitUe 'But; jok'e-lovin'sViinrl lit .ores- '.' tares: ;Wben the Poliricanl' Wif, broke . t but, many of them antend.tih tfaitoK leghs'frorft 1oy,8i?i iietit'e's inything elsew .i -?it ( . m jiii J i-'l - , -I 'oi', I'.i oi: ui"li; .They thought it would be fiaa fan id . play ioldifif '.anj loVattTeMiavo a jittle' trouble iri 'dofo'atinj Yankees as if thef were so many? Mexicans ruarohing . od, jAfsHNycryAo:tyVM expe'ri-, enoinR theiidqualI8eol 'plfl&snres of ;on bontifaous military spree, till (he war wM dotfe- add they lhonlrJtnrn tiome, po: bred with gldfy'sKd loaded witll plunder for ignorance K,eor sclf-ponoeiiod. ' Alalst'foAhosI '6f tiieiii whd live, : iitteriy rue that Quixotio thteirpHse from TiioH.they ajr pre?Btq(!, fjjfce.ehalne; ; Their sickoning 'experience in camps, and thejr bloody familiarity with stubborn focuicn, in hotly-contested Adda and forts, have prioked tho bladder of Jeff. Davie's once-supposed infallibility; and. they have learned that a ehaWlces repudiator can easily be transformed into au unsoruplous tyrant. 'I ' ' ' ' . : Though the instincts of their former patriotjm (if they ever had any) may be forover dead, they have animal instinct enough to couvin'ce them that they are led aud ruled by liars men who tj them "k'eop the word of promise to tho car, but bVcak it to the hope; we have sworn, by tfiV 'exhaustfcssT riches" . of the South, tnjt ihey should bo cared for; nnd yot, who, passing on from deceit to deceit, and from broken promise to promise, still keeii item the ill-f'qd,' ill-clad, dis's'ased, and a'ruuken slaves of a confederacy of poli tical swindlers; despots, vrho artfully ap. feo to their ''manliness" to remain in Ihoir ignominious harness, and yet who treat them iu such a manner as to crush every "nmuly" attribute whieh they shull chance to retain. Notlongago, the pcoplcof Vipcrspawn werp set upon the qui vice by tho rumor that thero were se venl Northern spies in the town, emissaries from Washington, who had come t1) test the feelings of the community in regard 16 the Stars and Stripes; to make what proselytes thy coald, in a cautious way, if necessary; and to convey information in regard to the military condition, position, aud re sources of the vicinity. ( This caused a grentseoVition. One of tho prominent advocates of treason in Viperspawdwas a wealthy but Unpopular citizen a man of some fifty years old ond Watkins Butt. Mi.. .Butt was a native of the State; oil until a few years he had not arrived at the dignity of being a sluvelioldor. Most of liis. ufe liild been passod in humble circumitaneeS; " kt chanco had finally favored him 66 far to make him the Ad ministratdr d'f the estate cf a planter, by the natne ofAhasuerus Hosstater, win having be'eomo" a hopersss lunatic, had been placed1 in an iusaneasylum; previous to. whichhowavqr, the entire control, of bis property he was supposed to have del egated to Butt..' ' " Whether it had been lawfully so arranged, wis a question aiuoog the people of Vipersyawn; but it was riot a question with them that Butt was a grasping, selfish, unscrupulous man, and that the three little children of the demented ex planter the oldest but twelve years of age were now deprived of their hereditary rights; and, exiled from their former homo,' were living in indigence in a neighboring town their humble being scantily' paid for by Butt. . Butt's title, though quest! ori, hid not been submitted to legal test, tnough he had exhibited docdinentSjSigned by Hoss-tater, to prove it. Still, as it was the common conviction that he had triken ad-, vantago of the unsettled mind of the former owner, lie was regarded with odi um. Ihis odium be was solicitous to re-move) particularly as he was auibitdus of litical preferment. . " But against his hope stood the addi tional facts that he was a person of liiuU ted intelligence, unsocial manners, and a gloomy, silspicious riaturcj which made his company disacrbeable to everybody. iSone cared to advance the interests of a being wno labored-under the roputntion of beiug a compound of knave and fool; to that derision' and dislike attended the foot steps, notwitstanding the amount of wealth which he boasted he "could swing." When the rumor of spies came, he made a desporate effort for popular favor, and was the most boisterous of all theboister-bns orators at an excited gathering. of the p'dpulace, who consulted as to whot was the best tc be done t detect cnl punish the spiel. "' i , "Why, horses!" cried lie after having shouted himself hoarse, in Uncouth efforts to prove that lie Was "with tHem in this aggreyious martcr," '-wot el's should we do but wade wist-deep in ollr precious blood, till we find 'emout, and then, (wav- ug a bowie with a savage grin) "out 'cut off the foot of creation?'!' Yell's of ironical applause greater his every sentence; for ,11 undorstoqd his motives' find character. ' "; 'Jlipe ''bin open! as we wdhld if thpy was our own fdther'or mother!" ' f'-: "Yah, yah!" laughed the dafkeys. ' "Excoriate1 'aHd' extravafa nerrcwlin wlli-cats. from .the boozim' pf society. Whang 'em with whips; choke1 'em with tfattje -snakes; unjint 'em head frdm body; discrimfnato 'em Into small pieces; and, In the wdtds of Holy Wrldj leavk' hot one stone upoff anotherer!' '' 1 - Hurrah! Go it, old Buttl That's talkin!" . '".. "Show me i spy!" he screamcdj ihd if the 'sacred, fofm of 'Jeff. l)avis himself stood afi ,th' wifyr ahd said 'Spafe: (be morisfer! I'd ,bI6'w ',him through:' and 'bowel hM Out, " jfitb! horrid expedition, fotwagooa of tHi Cobfedmcy; Yes,, I'ullowoitizoiiH, I sequestrate myself for the publio welfare; and ready for tho sacrifice.- Do I represent your agitated fCblings on thatccaesion?'" ' ', As thCy were all perfectly willing thut he slioulJ sacrifice himself in any way, they ronred an nflirmative answer, and, as lie stepped down among them, lauded hinVas a, ttuo scccshcr, aii'i exprosning hops .that 'ho Jnight live to gd to the Confederacy Congress," crowded around hiVn, aud nearly ' squeezed him to' death. "We didn't think you had eo much snap in you," they protested, with tly winks . , "' 1 .. j ' ,' "Yon'U be at the licad of a regiweni yet!' " 1 " " - '- , "Head of the nation, perhaps! Who Jr.DOWS?" "No? Did I talk well, though, boys?" he asked, ' proudly and ; deflghtedly. "Well, I hiked just as. I folt. I felt, now, as if I'd like to kill two or three pies, just to.coVs'nicnco my aim!" "Hero, Mr. Butt!" The man who hailed him took' him confidentially aside, mid pointing acrofs the street,' assured him that a stranger whom he there sa'w wulkiug Hlone. with a felt hat upon a !ong-liaire 1 h'cAil, had already beeVi ''spolto" as a distinguish'ei Northern fpy, whose death had been resolved upon; unu that whoevor shou'd first shoot him would bo Bure of ultimate promotion at the hinds of Jeff. Davis. "But you arc cock-fre he's a spy?" "No doubt on it. He has been heard whistling 'Yankee Doodlo.' " "You don't say so?'1 "And won't' fay where he belongs to, nor what his business U, out here. He is, in short, no other than the (famous nigger-stealiDg person, Jewob Kodulgin though he thinks he a'ti't known." ."Is that a faot?" exclaimed Butt, eye ing the man keenly, aS he sauntered along. "Is lio Jewob Godulkiu? I've of.eu hcerd of hitn. And is thU the sinner? Is he the old cuss, Jawob Kedawlpin?, Well, confound his celebrated pictur' ! I thou'l it was hitn, for I've heerd him deucribed afore. That old devil must die., Dou't you Opinion so?" ... , "I know it. And say whisper! You are the man to kill him, and make your self a perfect hurriance of friends Do you iihdei'stnhd? Get colebratcd." ; "Y-fe-c-s;" replied Butt, cautiously; "but you Bed I" ' "I told you of it, be'caus'e t wihtSd to do yoil a favor, by puttiiig the game Into your hands. You're just the man for it, and would rise on the s'rensth of :t. Killing, a big gnu like that would make you a Conl'edcriit'd Senator; dtl'eiut think ings." "Jewob Ko " "Dalgiu. One of the most enormous abolisherners." ' Oh. I know." continued Butt' uneasi ly, arid trembling at the task which, by his speecli; ho had iu a manner imposed upon himself. , "There's a pistol," said the man, sud denly thrusting the weapon into his band. "Put it to him, now, iri broad day: It'll look manly.!' , : 'But you dou't think I might be hun"?" "Oh.no." "In the present excited statn of the public mind, it will be considered a virtue. Tho worst would only be the farce of imprisonment, for a day or so, a quick trial, aud a triumphant acquittal. Aud tllii best of it would be, you would be immortalized as ouo of the paviors of the South, nnd rise to sudden fame and power. -But tho most probable result, at first," continued the man, seeing that he lookerJ blank at the thought of a jail, "would be instant and universal sanction of ihe act no trial and no' jail.". ,. Biltt waS excited. Popularity loomed up bbfore hiin. The crowd whd had ap-plaiided his ferooious speech had not yet dispersed. Their eyes were even now uon him. His scruples were fast vanishing.' -; ;; ''':, ' , .. ''See! . He is turning and cpming this way. , ..Now or never. . . Fire,- Mr. JJutt, aJd be immortal." , , , .' . , . "I'll do it," he now muttered, with tie sporato resolve. 'It's resky. biit I'll do it, mind you, to save my countri" the" man approached within ten feet 'of kirn, when baigl bang! he fell headlong to the groiind; and Watkins Butt appalled and paralyzed at his own . enormity, Qropped the, oiaVdcrous weapon, and stotjd pale amid tho now uproarious mob. i. ..... In Another momeht, to his surprise and inireared horrofj fie was 'rudely seized, with, ', terrifiq iiupfeciatic'bs, and half a doz'6n ierculean I'cUows hastily dragged him off to jail, pay ing no m'oFo regard to his tody and bonee than if they wefe not "patflots,'' like himself. ' ' 1to'e to the man in ail who b'al made no ffititids while outof ft! . u ' ' :-' ! , A!a' for the patriot assassin! Ala's, for Watkiris;.. Butt! He was( permitted! a sericl no communication to anybody out-tide' his eell. Bread and water were his daily ' fare. Remorse and mortal ' fear wers his' cons'ta'trt coiopariion'." DoYirig the firtit week . af his imprisonment, of those who came (0 take, a look at him, the majority reproached him for his atrocity, whilo a 'few gnvo him a faint encouragement by saying that if ho was lucky, be might only be imprisoned for life, ,till he was told that he would have . 1 .1 ' . ample tune to prepare, even for mutant doath after tridl, as that could ' not take place for full sii months. . ; . , Tho prisoner's , explanation's were slicered at; He was told to address himself to God, and not offend "his' Creator by persistant falsehoods, , . ! He grew thin and desponding.-Writing materials were; in time; iilWed him, together with nn abnridint supp'y of liquor, the latter dddiug greatly to the keenness of is terror, and remorse. His piind, naturally weak, began to wander. His dreams were terrific; and one night when he awoko. ho jaw standing before him, in whi'e garments stained with blood, the very gastly imago of his victim tho murdered spy, Jewob Kodulgin, pointing, like ''Banquo1" to his wound;. He screamed,. The 'jailor rushed in, with swoo'rd tnd pikol laying about him blows, ttiick, fast, and furious; upon the appartion with the one and firing sever al shots from the other. But theBpeotral intruder -miled unharniod; and tho jail or with a cry of dismay, fled not, how ever, forgetting to bolt the door again. Butt his nerves weak froui bopious lib ations, was now the more convinced that this was, indeed the spirit of his victim Even the moonbeams seemed to tremble as thev entered the eratod window. "Mark me," said the ghost, And Butt marked jhiui, aud now noticed that his nignt-'cap was niado out of a star-spangled baun'ci'i while, the night beibg chill, and he havitig an evident cold in h;s head the ghost drew from his side a scceshflm and wiped his nose with.it.;- - , e . i'What excuse, what hope hast thou?" "I shot you for the jineral good, and hope to be acquitted," faltered Butt. liaa r.o partiokl'er hard feeliu's agin you.' ,"'i'lat will no't save yon from the gallows.,' replied the scpulchrnl voice. "Wjonger F Ahasusrus ' Hesctater and his little ones! tlie'piiblic detest you, and will rejoice to se, you sWing.' I warn you to restore their father's property. J hat may avail you much. I cottle from my bloody grave to deniaad this of yoti; lo it. Confess in writing that yon ob UihM your power and property by fraud Yield all. ThMmay yet save you from the bangmari. About it, at once. Th coiiIcmsiod: fccratch away, Watkins Butt or, if yod dd live, I'll haunt ydi forever. Time!", . , .: "And eternity! thought the bewilder. ed prisoner, us he trembling seized paper ink and pen, and scrawled out the docu nient demanded by his Supernatural vis lor. . . ' '! "There!" , lhe ghost seized the paper, and as Sf by magic the cellsdoor' seemed to unbar and open itself, and ' the unhappy man was, in an instant, lelieved of the pres. enbe of that awful shade. v ; Whether Buttfuiuted or fell asleep he knew not. When he recovered his Betimes, it was morning; and when" the jallnian came and listened to his ptory.th fellow poohed at it, and insisted that h had been dreaming, or had had the hor rors from drinkin too much poor liqtioh "Perhaps so," sighed Butt. At noon he was aroused from a gloomy reverie, and startled, by the almost in- credible tidings that he was "free to go." "Where? . Home, or to trial?" "To the devil, it you liko. Get out df this!" .7-"'1.. . '.' , lie needed no second invitation. Forth hurried Watkins Butt,light-headed, light-hearted, and light-footed. As lie' sped on his way homeward, a hooting crowd followed at his heels. , ''They are cheering me," thought , be. "1 shall rise. . - But I can't make a speeoh till I get one good dinner, ac least, Then hey for promotion!" : ' ' He arrived in front of "his" home,but he was1 there confronted by the . three yodng1 Ilosst&ters, who had that day been put id possession of th premises; by (tho living' form of lhe man whom he had shot vrith an (inshotted pistol; by the conspirator who had told him to shoot; and worse than all, by the wiitten confession extorted from him1 by the' ghost. ' ' ' Tlib godless mob, slaves and U, mado the wUkiq shout and laugh at his discomfiture." His game was tip.'. On th mor row; be left Yiperspawn,to return no more. ' tf-f pennants slibw apples to be equal to potatoes to impfovi) cows, and deoid-edljr pref'erfable for feeding ca'ttle:; 1: ' ' ' A bare tiasture enriches riot the soil nor fatten the suimals, nor inereases the weifltbof the owner. ' ' Che animal well fed is of iriore value thttn two poorly kept. ' ': ' : ' ' ' Ground once well plowed is better than- thrice poorly. t , , ,.. . : . Bountiful, crops are more p'rotfiable than poor ones. Make thi soil rich; cul- rerize it well, and kep it clean, and it generally will bj pfoduetfv. ' , From tlia Now York Utreur.) ' t ' JESSIE. ' BTlOBRiUK. '1 ' Oat wber the glowing snolignt , Is gilding her wavy hsir, With light-brown tresses flowing;, ' ' "". Freeis the mountuimir ; ! ', v With bias eyes gently beaming,'-" ' 'And love in evry glauce, Tnjle early morning dreaming, 'Stands ' Jessie of the Muuse." ' , On the garden gate Is resting . , One little taper banV .;",,, ' And a diamond bright is flashing , , , ' Within its golden-band. ' " The uiaideo's eyes are fastened , On the glittering trifle bright, While a dewy mist is gatlieriug;, And softening their light .Last eve, when night was dropping Her dusky mantle down, ' 'And tiny stars were sparkling , Within her sable crowu . When the silver moon was mirrored Upon the glossy lake, He gave this ring, and whispered : " Love, wear it for my sake." " Now he's gone, the noble captain', , , And I ne'er may pee him mere, Though 1 pray kind heaven to gia'rd him Aud shield him in the war'. fatill my heart be in his keeping . No other love 'twill know ; And this token that be left ihe, I will never let it go." HAtllLTO.N, C. W. Ml WIFE AND I As my wife api I, at the window one day, Stood watchiug a man with a monkey, A cart came by, with a "broth of a hay," Who as 'driving a stout little donkey. " To my wife I then spoke, by way of a joke, " There's a relatiou of yours , in that csr- Hge." ' To which she replied, as the donkey she spied, " An I yesi a relation bt jusruoi 1", What loungPeoiJlie Shonld Know. The best inheritance thai parents can give their children is the ability to help take care of themselves. ' Th'is is better than a hundred thousand dollars a piece. In any troublb or difficulty, thev will hare two servants' ready, in the shape of T anas' lnose wno eai "0 noth irig ond Live to b waited on, are help, less and easily disuearteiied at tho misfortunes of life. Those wild fire active and handy to meet troubles with cheerful face, and soon surmount them.. E'et young people, therefore, learn to doss many useful things as possible. Every boy should know how. sooner or later'. 1. To 'dress himself. bhA nia nvn b'dots, cut Ills brothers hair, wind his watch, bow on a button, make a'.bed; and kcS tli'e blottids ill porfdot ofrier. ! t. To htrness a horse, grease a wa'&d'n and drive a team. - 3. To carve and wait on table. 4. To milk the cows, to shear the sheep and dress a veal or mutton. ' 5. To reckon money and keep accouts correctly, and ' according to good book Wepibg rules. : , , j 6. To write a neat appropriate, briefly expressed business letter, in a good band and to fold aud subscribe it properly, and wtite codtracts. ... . 7. To plow, sow grain and grass, drive mowing hiaohine, swing a sytho, build i neat stack and pitch hay. 8. o put up a package, build I fire. whitewash a wall, mend broken tdbls,and regulate a clock. , ' ' Every girl should know howi ' . 1. To sew aud knit. ' 2. To mend clothes neatly. 3. To make the beds. 4. To dress her own hair: u. iu waa aisnes ana sween car- Jjets.; . . , . - ' 6. To trim lamps: 7. To make good bread iri'ii perform all plain cooking. ' 8. . To keep her rooms, closets and drawers in order. 9. To work a swlng m'adhlne. 10. To mike good butter dnd cheese. 1 . 11. To niaka a dress in'it nhiUrnna ;1bthes.' . ' . ; 12. To keep accounts and calculate interest., 13. To write ' fold and iupersoribe letters property.. ' . ' ',. . ' 14. To nurse th siok effjoiently, and n'ol faint at the sight of a! drop of blood. 15. To be ready to render efficient aid and Comfort to those in j trouble in unostentatious way. , ... ! 1&. To receive and entertain visitors when her mother is sick or absent. ! A yo'ing lady who ea'n do all things well; and who is always resdy to ronder aid to tfie afflicted, and to mitigate the perplexities of thus abont hor, will bring more comfort to others, n'd happN ness' to herself, and be more steemed, than it th only knew how to dance, im'pef , linf and plsy oa th piano.' 5T! tllVl 114 till LOU ANO LXCn VtlU fot many days iuce, a gentlemsn,who iobt a bet witfi a lady, and who had beard her say that kha bad lost a .lace veil, which she bad prised much.thought ho would pay his debt and "do the polite thing," by purchasing a new veil of fins quklity and presenting It to tho fuircred-itor. , , . , . It must be stated, for a proper understanding of what followed, that the gen, tleinan was a bachelor of long standing; aud a man of little information touching the world of "fancy goods," though a proficient in sugar cotton aud provision speculations' ''''7 ''""' ' . ' " lie accordingly stepped into a fashionable milliner's'establisment, and asked to see a lace veil of fine quality. "Here is one,monsieur," said the a'raia, ble priestess at the head of the temple. "How much is it?" , "It is ono fiftee, sair," "What! only fifty? Dear me! I thought these things were exceedingly dear. It that's all they cost, 1 don't wouder,atthe ladies beiug fnd of wearing such flimsy knickuaoks. Only fifty? Dear met Show me something better." The priestess started; the bachelor re mained perfectly cool. Here was a god-, send! a man who wanted something bettordearer. More, veils lace ones were displayed. ' ' "Die one is sixtoe, sair; and dts one is seventeefive." . , "Dear me! only seventy-five? Well that is wonderful, to bo sure. It's a very pritty article, I see; but can't jou -show me something better?' 'No, sair; dia is the most dear dt yht clur articld iri da citce." "You dou't say lot Well, well,' who who would have thought it? These wo-mon! they we-e always a mystery, ever since the days of Adam. ' Give me the ctieiige for a dollar, in quarters." . Thd milliner did so. ' i "I'll take "this one," said the simple- minded bachelor, folding up the seventy- live veil. "Irive me a quarter and keep tho scveiity-flve for yourself. . Dear me! how eheap! tVho would have thought 1 no see ae gcventse-nve, c. tave no band dem to me," said the as IT. tonished milliner "1 beg your pardon, ma'ani," said the bachelor, amiably and smilingly; "there they are on the counter," pointing to three quarters. . . ' "Dis!" exclaimed the milliner, with an astonished look. "Thatj" eaid the bachelor, more s'mile-ihgljr than -ever, preparing to put the veil in his pocket. "A mon, Dieu! de man fouorack-a-brain! I tell you, monsieur; dat ar(tce de most dear in the citee! You understand de InglishI De most dear, I tell you seventee-five dollars." ! '.'.' '' "What!" said the bachelor, turning raljieif pale, and dropping the veil as if it had suddenly turned to a coal of fire in his hands; "scyentyfive dollars!' "Yes, sair, and very sheep at dat!" ; "Seventy-five dollars for that infernal cobweb! I thought you meant seventy five cents! " 1 ' . If ever a bachelor Walked fast that bachelor did. He goes aroiiiid tiow, in a stew of indignation, relating his adventure, and winding up tVa story with the words: "Yes, sir! tho female Frenchman actually asked me seventy-five dollars for the short e rid or an infernal cobweb." An experienced bachelor going into a fancy milliner's store is pretty much like an innocent fly venturing into a spider's nest that's a fict. 1 ' , hints to rARrinas.' Toads are the best protection1 of cab bage against lice. . . Plants, when drooping, are revived by a few grains of camphor. ' Peart ar generally improved by graft ing on the mountain ash. . Sulphur is , valuabla . in preserving grapes from insects. , . ' . ' Lard cevdf spoils id hot weather; if it is" cooked iu lining it out, ' '' ' "' ' In feeding with corn, sixty pounds ground goes as far as one hundred pounds in the kefnal. : . . ! . t Corniaeal should never be gTOund very fine. It in'ju'tes the richncsss of it. . '' Turnips of saiall size ha e double he n'uturiou's matter that larg ones hate.' - , Ruta Nsiga is the only root that in uroMW 111 umruious qualities as It 1 creases inj site. ,' ; ' ' ' ' ; - ; sweet olive oil is a eertairi, cure for the bite of a rattle nake. Apj)iy it.inter-nt'ly and externally. ; f ; ' Itati and other vermin are kept away irom grain by a (priuElitig 6f garlii waen packing the sheaves. 1 ' ,! 1 '" . Money expended in drying land by draining and othorwL-e will' be returned with ample interest; .'' ' " " ' .;' To cure scratches on a horso wssh the lees with soaosuds. and th?n with brin: Twoapplioations will oure in tha wofn't Ca'ies. ,, -i . ., . -.. ',, . .. ,. ... ." Timber out in th npmst and exposed to the weathar with the bark on, decays uun B'rooer iota 11 CUl in ln tali. "Cljilircn's ' Column. '' ' ' From'th Amerleaa lloUmj jor. ' Soiaimof CeUjsbtsrj." , Aftr the battle of GoUyabHrg, ifwaa my privifege toafforoj Christian counsel ano consolation to the wounded and .dying Never shall I forget the1 scenes bf 'hror which I witnessed. Med wpundeJ, maim-ed, dying, and were deed, jfera laying' in every direction, hil tl prierpf auWish extorted from stalwart nufferen old tliein: tousity of their puiD.' ' " A wounded sol'dicr, Johfl uli.',' W fa- tally injured .Hehad been wild and gid-dy. and entered (ho army as a kind of fcol-10. He had pasd tbrim..li .ties uninjured and this WM iti first tima ue uau ueen iaia anue smee lie eutered the service. Fully ponscious of hi danger his thoughts' were turned upod hi past life, while agitated add distressed; &e cried mteously for relief. t.wos. not sot much' tor his body that be ivas anxious; he was in deep soul trouble. 1 Darkness, the darkness ot the grave, was closing its chsdow around him. No rav ot liuh't The thuiitftf of death alarmed h,jm, jetth certainty was before bira: , He wat unpre parea lor it. When Tapproached himi and began to speak of Jesus, he ia,id, "Oh sir, I am lost,! am, lost, there is no mercy lor me; my day of grace ii gone. ' I do-spiso the. counsels of godly father, and set at naught the entreaties of my poor mother; it is too late now; too late " f I to d him of Christ's willingness to receive all who come to him, and spokb'ofbrecious promises of graco, but all wa of co avail: lie passed ltto a siata nP ,ii;,.;,.m t . I I m . i' wvuimiH 1AIUUI ... - iia uo iivea. iin - , . . -i rested upon his countenan. .n wu voice full of assurance and hope he told me or his joys and prospeots. I have of ten thanked my heavenly. Father that bs led my feet to the Spot Where this d'earse vant lay, .He said, I'lc n,ay seeni strange to you to m m here m cpntented, and happy; but I have been a Ch ristian sixteen years, and a Sabbath-school teaches four. teen. I have no fear. When I laid y. self upon the altar of my country, Itonut. ted the tost. An experience like this was a part of ihy estimate, and I ' am box dis-appointed., 1 caD say, The Lord's will ba i. 7 , aie tru?(' 1 m Prepared, for niy whoje dependence.is oJeus Christ! 1 lease rite to my aged parents, and tell them I am happy in th Lord-to my wife and children, and tcll them to' meet me''in-beavea.'L Here indeed was faith trintoph-ant, and I gave thanks to God . for his goodness to his child by my side., W parted, to meet, I bolieve, in glory. J M The child of grace is prepare for any emergency. - i He can lie down' arid dia amid the battle' din; the hospital' com-parative quiet, or the loyed ones at home, for nothing shall "seaarat him from tha V; . .. a iu unrist. jesus ouf Lord. .)- . - i i j 3. t. 'nit . ' i Fron th AaarioaaVoMatigtrl .... ; TUfc Slain Pct; f ' : i ' i i . ',..,; " ' Several years ago, an English genflemaU was traveling on horseback, acoompaoied by his faithful dog." Stopping at noon to rest and refresh himself, he fell asleep un ' dor the shade of a sheltoring treb,t Sad dculy starting froni h.s hpfc, mount-ted his steed and rode away, , Soon after his dog came lo hi side, and making th . wildest signs of distress, alarmed his mas-tcr rfith the terrible, few of hydrophobia. He drew his pisto!,aod pierced thefivoril animal with a bullet. . The pel disappeared, and at the same moment he discovered that he had left his portmanteau. Return-' ingto the tree under, whose foliag h slept, he found t'lie devoted watcher lying in his blood on the saddle-bags, and in death giving token of his satisfaction that the lost proportv waa fa'nnA - W l.n.- could express the.regret and self-reproach of tho man. A shadow haunted hi path tho rest of bis life in th memory of that aiiene. . '- '" " ' How will il bo whet parentwiose im. piety has rdined their cherished offspring whose love has inflicted the wound of tha second death upon the ou'j, ei,ttha bar of God? Snt mnu tUil .i,':.. v' the rejecters of Jesu "Hal look on him. whom theo pierced," and "wail beoause of him,'.' what must be the nrisounded depth of remorseful . anguish and th "blaak t ness of darkness" the deed will, cant over the eternal pathway, if a mere incident among the "things seen and temporal" so wound and ' overshadow the sensitive: heart? " , .... Men u,k, tb nature of perdition as ( any thing could add to the agony of tha't reniorsewhich l sinner's, tfiatme'nt of th Orucified Lamb of God ; will inflict at last; ' a if material fire's were more terrible than suota' internal eleriients of sufferinr '' ' " -' t.ih:' - i,uj bii in. nuna Table Man ncri"1 To1 meet at the break fajf! table,' fathef; ffldthcr, ch'i(Jren,' all ooSh't, to be a bap-piness to any heart; it should be a sourc of humbl gratitude, and should wake pp' the warmest feelings of ur nature. Sham upon the contemptible and low-bred cur, whether parent or child,' that never com to the.break-table where all tti family have met in health, only to frown, nd wnine, nu ktow!, nd fret: it is nr ma' facie evidcuce of a mean, and erovelins and selfish,' and'degraded n itiire nhenci soever- th churl ni j hve sprung. ' It ton CAJINOT be hiinrv fn ' nniii uu ttm anotner; and ttni tooilifyoft-g-pC-ition wants but little svl from phiW fhy, for' health and good h ;Hrur are 1 . . .' :. J mist tne wtolo aflair.. Many run after felicity, like ad al snrt v'n 1. acr his bat. whll it u in Lis 1 ' hi head. Sharp.- . r cu trt ti II A V Ritn 1 f ,.,.ouob neaieo, and far from nis kindred he sleep.'. '; ... j James jV e wa Jyiog irj the earn? teut. As I approached hi ft) Iv.al .mil. ,.eO-.Th Whi'tyd.i'j-!: sad pjij ths bo!i,9. p ;